International Journal of Global Sustainability

International Journal of Global Sustainability (IJGS) is an international, double-anonymized peer-reviewed, open-access journal published by Macrothink Institute. IJGS carries original and full-length articles that reflect the latest research and developments in both theoretical and practical aspects of Environment, Economic and Society with Sustainability. It provides an academic platform for professionals and researchers to contribute innovative work in the field.

Journal title: International Journal of Global Sustainability (IJGS)

ISSN: 1937-7924

Publisher: Macrothink Institute

Language: English

Peer review: Double-anonymized peer-review; review time 4–10 weeks

Publication model: Open Access (Gold OA; CC BY 4.0)

Publication frequency: Annual (one issue per year)

Author charges: Article Processing Charge 200USD — see the Article Processing Charges page

Abstracting and indexing: See the Indexing page

Persistent identifier: DOI (Crossref)

Contact: Roy Scott — ijgs@macrothink.org

The journal accepts article submissions online or by e-mail.

If you have any questions, please contact us at ijgs@macrothink.org

The journal welcomes research in the following areas, including but not limited to:

• Climate and Environmental Systems: Climate change; Ecology and sustainable development; Waste and water management.
• Energy, Technology and the Built Environment: Renewable and sustainable energy; Environmental technologies; Green construction and sustainable development; Sustainable land development.
• Urban and Regional Planning: Urban planning and development.
• Environmental Economics and Policy: Environmental economics and policy.
• Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems: Sustainable agricultural systems.
• Society, Culture and Social Impact: Social sciences and humanities in the context of sustainability; Social impact assessment.

a). Upon receipt of paper submission, the Editor sends an E-mail of confirmation to the corresponding author within 1-3 working days. If you fail to receive this confirmation, your submission/e-mail may be missed. Please contact the Editor in time for that.

b). Peer review. The review process may take 4-10 weeks.

c). Notification of the result of review by E-mail.

d). The authors revise paper and pay Article Processing Charge (200USD).

e). E-journal in PDF is available on the journal's webpage, free of charge for download. We aim to post articles within 3 weeks of acceptance. Each paper published in this journal is assigned a DOI® number (Crossref), which appears beneath the author's affiliation in the published paper.